basslover wrote: > Thanks for researching this and for the updated instructions. The > option of someone locally helping me is a great peace of mind lifeline > if needed, thanks again! > > Now that I understand it a little better, a question that arises is, can > I temporarily use a Windows 7 laptop that has hdmi, in place of the Pi4? > But I think the piCorePlayer only works on Linux? I guess I'm still > not quite understanding this totally, I appreciate your bearing with me.
Yes you could use a Windows 7 laptop with HDMI or with a USB cable - the latter is likely to work without any fiddling but in either case may need to be permanently attached or you could find yourself having to power off the DAC every time you connect. You would need to install either squeezelite (command line player) or squeezeplay (has a GUI) or a windows app (from the app store) called squeezelite-x The first 2 are maintained by user ralphy and you can find at - https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/ The latter is available from the Windows app store but you may need W10 for it However W7 is no longer supported so if you a serious about digital music and LMS then go the Pi route - it uses hardly any power so can be permanently on and can be both a player and a server - once you have gone that way you will not look back. You will sit on the couch and control your playlist from a phone or tablet using the Material skin plugin with no Windows PC in the chain. Your music files would be on a USB disk attached to a Pi acting as server which could be wired to your router with another Pi as a player behind your HiFi or you could site a single Pi as player/server behind your HiFi - if it is a server it is much better if it is cabled and has a fixed IP address. Alternatively if you have a NAS you can keep your files there and point the Pi server at it. First question. Have you got LAN near the HiFi? VB2.4[/B] STORAGE *QNAP TS419P (NFS) [B]Living Room* - Joggler & SB3 -> Onkyo TS606 -> Celestion F20s *Office* - Pi3+Sreen -> Sony TAFE320 -> Celestion F10s / Pi2+DAC & SB3 -> Onkyo CRN755 -> Wharfedale Modus Cubes *Dining Room* -> SB Boom *Kitchen* -> UE Radio (upgraded to SB Radio) *Bedroom (Bedside)* - Pi2+DAC ->ToppingTP21 ->AKG Headphones *Bedroom (TV)* - SB Touch ->Sherwood AVR ->Mordaunt Short M10s Everything controlled by iPeng ------------------------------------------------------------------------ d6jg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44051 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113191 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
